Under the proposed law, police and the RSPCA could prosecute owners if it were believed they had broken the accepted standards for that species.

• 在新法令中，如果警方和皇家防止虐待动物协会(RSPCA)认定宠物主人违反了通过议会表决的动物保护标准，他们就可以起诉宠物主人。